Recent content by otherclive

For one trip trip to france 15 kg of dried dog food plus numerous tins of dog food and my hand weights all found a place in the inventory. Not to mention two Lafumas.

Same here I’ve had automatics since my Volvo 245 estate, circa 1986, so much better for caravans, and my last two solo cars were auto as is my present one. However I’m not a fan of twin clutch autos as in close quarter combat they aren’t as smooth as a conventional torque converter auto, or CVT...

But I didn’t even get any support from Swift to identify the axle they had fitted so I could get my Swift dealer to order and fit an exact replacement. Alko we’re not much better. The caravan build was 2012. I recall when looking to buy a new Knaus there were options for payload capability...

Prof the OP has his caravan on his own land whilst he is having his house built.

Some awnings are left up all year. The materials and restraints possibly supplemented with additional guys, are sufficiently robust to withstand inclement weather. Better as being on site you can see if anything needs attention. Although if storms are predicted taking it down is a prudent move...

When I had a 1300 kg axle fail I found an Alko 1500kg one with similar dimensions and thought about going down that route. I sought Swifts advise on fitting infirmation. Not only did they not support fitting the higher load axle, but they could not even provide me information regarding my OEM...

EMUK have a good reputation, especially for non shaking towing mirrors. Are you planning on the €269 option or £499.95 option? Makes ramps look a bargain😂

40 kg is precious little to play with even if you plan to use the caravan as an alloy tent. Remove the mover could save 32-35kg Remove all carpets. Take down curtains if you have them. If the solar panel is screwed to the roof remove it. In a previous post I asked if you could discern the make...

Could you talk to Apuljack as with their experience they might be able to advise you on alternatives options and fixes.

Did your caravan come with a carbon monoxide detector. If not best to buy one. You will sleep more soundly, and importantly wake up too😂 And welcome to the Forum

A fridge will have no problem working continuously on gas, but as you say you want to keep costs down, but it may be unavoidable given your off grid situation.

When we moved house we had extra keys cut using a machine in B&Q and those came out excellent. Probably same machine as a Screwfix as they are the same grouping.

That’s why my daughter is in both cars, but putting her on the manual Rio reduced the quotation. But she would never drive it being a manual gearbox despite having a full licence. So I just keep her on it as a named driver to retain the reduced policy price.

Your comments seem at odds with most others posts wrt commuting cover.

Don’t shoot the messenger. Similar tests are at 50km per hour. They are all mainly focused on crashes in cities where statistically most crashes occur. Hence one test is called Citysafe. Having seen NCAP crash test videos of cars I really cannot envisage a roof box doing anything other than...